| 单词 | riband |
| 例句 | He shocked the sport by equalling Merckx's seemingly unassailable record, and came within a couple of feet of breaking it on the blue riband final sprint stage on Paris' Champs Elysees. Cavendish to race next year to target Tour record 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The Glaswegian had to win two matches to make sure of his participation in snooker's blue riband tournament. Qualifier McGill closes in on quarter-finals 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The Gold Cup, where runners negotiate 22 fences over three and a quarter miles, is the blue riband event as the four-day Cheltenham Festival reaches a climax. Trio set for Cheltenham Gold Cup rematch 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z It could have gone the other way, though, because it is mentally tough, especially coming from a blue riband Olympic sport, the 100m, to being called a spare. 'It's on the flip side of everything I knew' 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Blackmore, 31, is aiming to become the first female jockey to win jump racing's blue riband event. Will Cheltenham Gold Cup see historic win? 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z It could also be seen as an indicator that the tide could be turning away from Alpine skiing being regarded the blue riband sport of the Winter Olympics. Snowboarding: Czech sensation Ledecka takes tilt at historic double 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Pyeongchang will see no change there but newer events more targeted at millenials and younger audiences may be muscling in on the limelight enjoyed by the traditional blue riband races. Alpine skiing: Speed merchants still kings of the hill 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z This didn't deter Spinks, who won the light-heavyweight title in 1981 and defended it 10 times before challenging heavyweight world champion Holmes, who had reigned over boxing's blue riband division for seven years. Weight jumpers – eight boxers who dared to be great 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z That put the 22-year-old among the favorites for Rio's blue riband sprint in August and to Thorpe was evidence that being a champion swimmer is about more than just physique. Water whisperer McEvoy will lead Australia charge: Thorpe 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The first three-time world champion in boxing's blue riband division - when there was only one heavyweight world champion at any given time - Ali fought all-comers and whupped almost all of 'em. Muhammad Ali: What made 'The Greatest' so great? 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z It could also be seen as an indicator that the tide could be turning away from Alpine skiing being regarded the blue riband sport of the Winter Olympics. Snowboarding: Czech sensation Ledecka takes tilt at historic double 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “Alpine is always going to be the blue riband,” Matt Humphreys, winter sports boss at the UK division of ski suppliers Head told Reuters. Alpine skiing: Speed merchants still kings of the hill 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The 24-year-old London relay gold medalist has been in strong form this year and eclipsed her injury-hampered younger sister Bronte, the reigning world champion in the blue riband sprint. Cate Campbell ties own 2016 mark at Japan Open 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z It sent a seismic shock wave through the sport that is the Olympic’s blue riband event. Is Rio ready for the 2016 Olympics? Six key questions | James Riach 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z The 100 meters showdown in Beijing matches the 33-year-old, undefeated for two years in sprints, against Jamaican world record holder Bolt in the blue riband event. 'I am more than two bans', confident Gatlin says 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Mitchell Larkin completed a rare backstroke double and Bronte Campbell won the blue riband women's 100 meters freestyle title as Australia celebrated another golden night at the world swimming championships. Larkin and Campbell put Australia back on top 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Pyeongchang will see no change there but newer events more targeted at millenials and younger audiences may be muscling in on the limelight enjoyed by the traditional blue riband races. Alpine skiing: Speed merchants still kings of the hill 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Hickey said it was always known that athletics and swimming, traditionally the blue riband events of any Games, would "not be the real deal" in Baku. European Games blueprint has won over doubters: Hickey 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The men's ice hockey tournament, along with the blue riband figure skating competition, are the highest profile events at the Winter Games. South Korea grouped with Canada in men's ice hockey 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Northern Ireland's McIlroy has already set the gold standard with four major victories and he arrived at Augusta National last week in pursuit of a career grand slam of golf's four blue riband events. Spieth's Masters win offers glimpse into major future 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Walker, whose world ranking has climbed to 21 following his three victories on the 2013-14 PGA Tour, has especially targeted golf's blue riband events. Fresh slate for Walker after golden 2014 campaign 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z “Alpine is always going to be the blue riband,” Matt Humphreys, winter sports boss at the UK division of ski suppliers Head told Reuters. Alpine skiing: Speed merchants still kings of the hill 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Su Bingtian will be hoping to keep for China the blue riband 100m title surprisingly won by Lao Yi four years ago and will be an integral member of a strong sprint relay team. Barshim the Asian exception in track and field 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Double world 100 freestyle champion James Magnussen, who finished second in London in the blue riband event behind American Nathan Adrian, also banished his demons from British pools by clinching two golds. Australians head home to face U.S. challenge at PanPacs 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The going at the course is described as Good, Good to Soft in places ahead of the blue riband event. Bobs Worth bids for Gold Cup repeat 2014-03-14T11:10:52Z Coverage of the build-up has been clouded by a drugs controversy surrounding the Irish trainer Philip Fenton, whose three intended runners include Last Instalment, third favourite for Friday's blue riband event, the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Hurricane Fly heads Cheltenham field 2014-03-10T18:47:47Z Downhill skiing is now the blue riband event of the Olympics and, for the record, Britain have yet to win a medal in it. How Britain helped shape the Winter Olympics 2014-01-30T08:40:42Z Campbell's bronze medal in the 100m at the 2003 World Championships makes him the last British man to win a global medal in athletics' blue riband event. Dasaolu ready to challenge world's best 2013-08-10T09:48:24Z The world record holder's young training partner Yohan Blake went on to win the sport's blue riband event. No jumping the gun for Bolt in Moscow 2013-08-03T02:13:33Z As usual, our blue riband gong was by far the most hotly contested field, with several of the biggest names in the sector submitting world-class claims. 2012: A big hand for everyone who gave business a bad name 2012-12-30T00:04:11Z Athletics is always labelled the blue riband event of an Olympic Games, and in the case of London 2012 the billing was entirely justified. The story of London 2012: Guardian writers' Olympic Games review 2012-08-12T21:46:11Z In athletics, still the blue riband event of the Games and the one in which it is arguably hardest to win medals, the rowing and cycling formula has started to pay off, too. London 2012: Jessica Ennis leads charge in golden weekend for Team GB 2012-08-05T19:52:15Z But none came close to winning the blue riband event of world ; none closer, at any rate, than Bradley Wiggins's own fourth place in 2009. Tour de France 2012: Bradley Wiggins joins the pantheon of greats 2012-07-22T15:26:24Z Known as 'the Missile', world champion Magnussen has backed up confident predictions about his ability to break the world record in the blue riband sprint with a string of fast times. American scare tactics won't bother Aussies: Fraser 2012-07-11T03:58:52Z It was that of a stout monk, in a grey gown, with a large straw hat upon his head, tied with a riband under his beard. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z How many, for some flimsy honour, some dignity of riband or of place, would pocket the reputation of deeds they had never done! The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z In his hole he had two wooden horses and some ribands as toys—and these afforded him his only amusement. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Reticules were searched, pockets turned inside out, and never a bit of riband to be found. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z The king hung a riband with a gold coin round the neck of the person touched; but Brown thinks the gold, though possessing great virtue, was not essential to the cure. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z From Domo d'Ossola we rose directly into the mountains, and soon wound into the wildest glens by a road which was flung along precipices and over chasms and waterfalls like a waving riband. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z You think I hold love so light a thing I can take it and give it again as I take or give a kerchief or a riband? Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Within a medallion at the center of the compass card is depicted a sailing vessel at sea; surrounding the medallion is a riband inscribed "Made and Sold by Joseph Halsy Boston—New England." Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z In addition to flowers and perfumes, ribands and hair were also deposited on their sepulchres. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z In the uppermost were parcels of old letters secured with dusty and faded ribands, and piled at random one on another--the relics of the love-letters or law-letters of past generations. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z You see men of all classes, with the striped riband in their button-hole, marking them as the heroes of the three days of July. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Others, more scrupulous I suppose, discard the use of flowers altogether, and in their room call to their aid snowy blondes, and bows and puffs of choicest ribands. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z She was not far ahead of them, with jib thrashed to ribands and the sea streaming from her swung-up side. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Turning a corner, they came out into a wider space from which a riband of rutted trail led out into the wilderness. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z From my window I looked down across the roof-tops to the �le St. Louis, and I could see a strip of the Seine flashing in the sunlight like a riband of steel. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z One rolling curl fell over her shoulder, the rest were gathered up under a small lace cap, which was secured by means of a riband passed beneath her chin. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Between the waveless pallor of the water and the windless warm glow of the grass was drawn a narrow riband of copper red—the smooth mud flats left naked by the tide. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z The carriage passed out of the town; the villas grew more scarce; the open road glimmered ahead of him a riband of white; the sea murmured languorously upon the shore. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z From the crown of her head to the toe-tips, she was panoplied in aggression, so that the very ribands seemed to bristle on her dress. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The hair is anointed with shark oil, and tied, at the crown, with a riband of tapa. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z A snood, or bandeau of riband or worsted tape, was the only head-dress for maidens. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The lost leader who sticks a riband in his coat does not recover leadership by throwing the riband away. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z In a short time my seductive costume of fine white linen, with a waistband of black satin and fluttering ribands, cut a prominent figure among the competitors in this noble sport. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Prudence leaned her chin on her hand and looked down upon the white riband of road beyond the walls. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z If we did, I'm not sure we could get her to fall off again—one of the jibs is torn to ribands and the other's split. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The hair, which the day before hung down in tresses mixed with riband, is now rolled tightly up on a wooden bodkin, and fixed on the top of the head. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Arthur has across his shirt front the broad riband of an order. Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts 2011-11-11T03:00:37.427Z They were well dressed, adorned with stars and ribands, and, as a class of men, the "biggest in the round" I ever saw. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z I see already the riband of the Garter adorning your shirt-front. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z It must still have been early in the night, for she had not yet gone to bed, and had on above her smooth grey hair her cap with its adorable blue ribands in it. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z So particular were they in fumigating 249everything susceptible of infection, that I was obliged to leave there a black riband which I wore round my neck as a guard to my watch. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z He bought her a hand mirror, a riband for her hair, a belt and finger ring, and whatever children care for. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z On the table before her lay a great bouquet of loose roses, pink, white and yellow, bound together with a broad riband. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z He saw the snow-fed river diminished by distance to a narrow green riband swirling round the pools, and frothing with a curious livid whiteness over reef and boulder far down in the dimness. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z "Now I talk of bonnets," pursued Augusta; "pray, mamma, did you tell Miss Pipingcord that I would have my Tuscan Leghorn trimmed with the lilac and green riband, instead of the blue and yellow?" Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Soon the rosy lower border was striped with the transparent riband of dawn. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z And the youth took out the ribands of the other princesses, and the king had to believe that this, too, was true. The Swedish Fairy Book 2011-08-26T02:00:23.380Z Michael Frater told reporters he was replacing the sprinter in the blue riband race, but Jamaican team officials refused to confirm the news. Asafa Powell out of 100m at Worlds, says team mate 2011-08-25T09:21:28Z Her riding-habits were mostly of serge of Florence, stiffened in the neck and body with buckram, and trimmed with lace and ribands. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z It was now the week before Christmas: the ladies, being in hourly expectation of receiving their cards, had already begun to prepare; and flowers, feathers, ribands, and laces were in great activity. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Three tiny threads of water, each accompanied by its riband of verdant grasses, meander downwards some few yards, and then unite and form a little stream. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z For this reason he kept aloof on that day, busying himself about his horses, plaiting their manes with coloured ribands, but anxious to take no personal part in the feast. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z It was not all white, however, for there were shades of grey and dusky purple in the hollows, and the trail was a wavy riband that rose and fell in varying blue. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z She combed her hair quite straight, never wore pink ribands, and sat in church exactly as many hours as he commanded. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z The walls were ornamented with enormous heads drawn in black crayon, and hung up in narrow gilt frames with bows of faded gauze riband. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The gloom of his conical hat was mocked by gay ribands. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z So saying, he drew forth a crimson riband, wrought with pearls in the form of a few white flowers. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z The Duke fastened a knot of blue riband on his helmet. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z But numbers of the maidens and young ladies bound ribands on the significant tree, eloquent with so many significations, thereby proclaiming the strength, the desires, the sentiments, and hopes of their hearts. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z From then on the outcome was never really in doubt and Britain's wait for a men's champion in the sport's blue riband tournament will stretch to at least 76 years. Relentless Rafa crushes Murray, Djokovic next 2011-07-01T20:57:01Z Some faded ribands and trumpery bonnets attract a greater number of pretty customers than all the gorgeous wares of Asia. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Dorothy had decked their helmets with silk ribands and green sprigs, and, with their bright halberds in their hands, they stood in a respectful posture, and as immoveable as statues. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z A veiled lady often waved encouragement and approbation to Sir Helmer; she threw gloves, kerchiefs, and silk ribands down to him from the ladies' gallery. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z Before his departure from T�bingen, a friend presented him with a small riband which he continually wore during the campaign, and afterwards, at his arrest, it was still found round his neck. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z At his feet reposed an Isle of Skye terrier, and a partly cropped French poodle, of snowy whiteness, with a red worsted riband round his throat. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z Their hair is tied up with ribands, into two tresses, that fall on their shoulders, or are twisted into a crown on the top of the head. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z She pushed back her straw bonnet, so that it dangled from her neck by its ribands, and laid her little head against his shoulder. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z She intended to embroider a broad blue riband with this legend: "To my little son." The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z For this purpose is used a fine leather glove, bound round and secured to the wrist with a silken riband. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z He looked from side to side in great distress—'Oh, there's my bow coming, I declare!' cried he; 'look, I see the bow and the ribands. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Immediately below them, at the foot of the base-court was the village-green, gay with the bright ribands and merry laughter of the country girls. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z A tuft of ribands is appended to the extremity of each braid. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z Grumblingly, Mrs. Yellam went to a drawer and produced new ribands. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The inscriptions which you see on you pipe-heads, on those ribands, on this glass, we term dedications. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z I think it looks as smart almost as ever!'—and under this persuasion our young archer resumed his bow—his bow with green ribands, now no more!—and he pursued his way to the Downs. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z The Count de Meyrand was awake early, and dressed with the most scrupulous exactness of appearance, without a riband tumbled or a point out of place. Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z In the back part, at bottom, is a loop, through which goes a riband to secure the whole from being blown off, by being tied round the body under the arms. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z Through it he could see the Avon, a silvery riband. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The duellist takes the end of the riband which secures the glove in his hand until a similar one has been passed round the elbow. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z In various of the streets large arches, tastefully decorated with ribands, are erected; the negresses and zambas dance beneath then; whilst the allotted task of the men is to gallop through without being stopped. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z I remember the scrolls of Perugino's angels, and the ribands of Raphael's arabesques, and of Ghiberti's glorious bronze flowers: no matter; they are every one of them vices and uglinesses. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z One bought a pair of brass buckles, another a crimson riband, a third green garters; the father bought a tobacco-pipe, the mother a horn snuffbox—in short, all had provided themselves with fairings except Merrymind. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z Here! a dozen of you close reef this spanker, and let us see how long it will take for the wind to cut it up into ribands. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z On a fine spring day he was, to every one's astonishment, seen dressed as for a festival, leading in a rich silk riband, a lamb gaily adorned with flowers, along the banks of the Neckar. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z These know, however, that only one is privileged to offer it—he whom she will designate by tossing to him a riband, kerchief, glove, or some such token. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z There is a wide difference between their structure and that of a riband. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z His stockings were of white silk, and shoes ornamented with a profusion of ribands, knotted and bound into the shape of flowers. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z A red riband running around her bends! polacca rigged, and courses up, with a bow as sharp as a canoe! Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z Thus, therefore, many such things as masks, bouquets, ribands, and sketches made by himself and by his friends, tastefully adorned the room. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z Instead, her eyes were fixedly bent upon the face of the acclivity opposite—more particularly on a riband of road that went winding up through woods from Drybrook to the “Wilderness.” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z What is there like this in a riband? The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z Their breeches were of white silk, and fringed at the bottom, where they united with their silk stockings, amidst a profusion of ribands and ornaments of lace. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z Isabel had bought a new riband for her straw hat and a pair of pale straw-coloured gloves, and all manner of small matters necessary to the female toilet upon gala occasions. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z It was hung round with ribands of various colours, and above it appeared the remains of garlands. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z "Now, look here," the mother said, taking out some handsome ribands. Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z The supporters of the shield were of colossal dimensions: two lions, rampant, bearing flags turning opposite ways: below, on the riband, in characters proportionably large, was the motto of the Company, "Non mutat genus solum." Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z And then she flew away, her hat hanging by the riband round her neck, and her raven ringlets flying loose around her temples. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z A tapestry riband, serving as bell-cord and finishing in a fringe, reached to the middle of the bed. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z "And the ribands with the many inscriptions and the dates?" The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z Those who had not more than 200 marks were permitted to wear silver cloth, with ribands, girdles, &c., reasonably embellished; also woollen cloth not costing more than six marks the piece. 12TH CENTURY. 14TH CENTURY. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z "There are booties, flounces and ribands in the shops of Fort de France," Charter replied with delight. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z A hasty word, a misconceived gesture, a question about the colour of a riband or an embroidered letter, such were the commonest pretexts for a duel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z They crossed the trodden grass, damp with the dew, to where a row of booths with poisonous-looking sweets, cheap ribands and laces and ginger-bread "snaps" had attracted the usual pairs of village lovers. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Race officials were confident that Monday's scheduled men's downhill, the blue riband event of the Winter Olympics postponed from Saturday, would go ahead. 2010-02-15T00:47:00Z Not a trace is left to tell--not so much as a riband or a flower. The Joy of Living (Es lebe das Leben) A Play in Five Acts He tore the blankets that covered him into ribands, and, fastening them to a portion o' ane o' the broken bars, lowered himself to the street. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 He had on a light green, very fine, and very fashionable coat and trousers, with a pure white waistcoat, and a riband about his neck. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 A young girl in a white dress, a blue riband at her waist and a leghorn hat that swung from her arm wreathed with tiny pink roses. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z He stopped suddenly, and gazed for a moment at the riband on the top of the escalade. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 The young woman carried a supply of the ribands in her hand, and ever and anon waved them in triumph, exclaiming, "Charlie yet!" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 She immediately opened it, and took out the packet, which was neatly sealed, and tied by a riband. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 Look at the ribands, too—blue, red, yellow, purple, green, plain, flowered, and gauze. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Her hair, plaited in the Dutch style, was tied with a bow of blue riband, nor was her gown too long to hide the neat shoes of saffron-colored leather which adorned her pretty feet. The Great Mogul We have somewhere seen the arms afterwards adopted by the knight, in which three Lioncels rampant topaz figure on a field sapphire, crest, wreathed with a riband vert. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 He received the riband, and tied it to his breast, and placed another at his horse's head. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 She undid the riband, and handed them to him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 To-day’s is this: ‘Every man carries his fate on a riband about his neck.’ The Valiants of Virginia The Princess Amelie was dressed in a plain white watered silk dress, and wore, like the archduchess, the riband of the imperial order of St. Nepomucenus recently sent to her by the empress. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 And he undid her own riband from his arm, and put it around the neck of the supplicant. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 "How they sang in a soft tone, holding the ribands of their banners!" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 The countess blushed; and the monarch, with the easy unembarrassment and politeness of a practised gallant, stooped to fasten the unfortunate riband. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 The date it shows is May 14th, and its motto is: Every man carries his fate upon a riband about his neck. The Valiants of Virginia She was received with great attention by the governor and the several female superintendents, who were distinguished by their black garments and the blue riband with the silver medal which they wore around their necks. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 Her light brown hair was plaited, and tied at each side of her forehead with bows of cherry-coloured riband. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 She was wrapped in a plaid shawl, over which fell a snowy muslin collar, secured by a small knot of riband. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 "And you have not a piece of riband, a cap, or handkerchief?" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 ‘Every man carries his fate on a riband about his neck’; so the Moslem put it. The Valiants of Virginia First a silver casket, wherein are some pairs of silk stockings, some pieces of silk stuffs, some pairs of gloves, handkerchiefs, twelve fans, ribands, and laces. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Standing in front of a glass placed over her mantelpiece, Rigolette was tying under her chin the ribands of a small cap of bordered tulle, ornamented with a light trimming of cherry-coloured riband. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 A star caught it to its white-edged blue riband—and that was the coveted Star of India. The Tempering Although it was only ten o'clock in the morning, M. de Gra�n wore a black coat,—that was etiquette,—and a riband, shot with several bright colours, was suspended from his buttonhole. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 The page bore a quotation: “Every man carries his fate on a riband about his neck.” The Valiants of Virginia Removing my wig, I smoothed my hair back, and fastened it with a plain riband. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec There's the riband, silk, or jewel, Fashion's whims are oft absurd; This is execrably cruel; Leave his feathers to the bird! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93. September 17, 1887 The woodcut in the first edition is three “Tudor” roses in a double circle with a crown over one of the roses and across the riband “Kȳge of floures.” The Old English Herbals The 232 ornamental accessories are symmetrical palms and sprays, wreaths and ribands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" “Every man carries his fate ... on a riband about his neck,” he muttered drowsily, and then, “Roses ... red roses....” The Valiants of Virginia Indeed a feather or a favour, the colour of a riband or the shape of a cap, often made young men Carlist or Cristino, National or Red Republican, as the case might be. The Firebrand The hero himself had strung his Victoria Cross upon a riband which I wore about my neck. A Man in the Open Give the fiddlers their ribands, and carry the rest in. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 The goods, however, which they bring from Calcutta, are of very limited extent, consisting merely of ribands, galloons, knives, scissors, and some other articles of cutlery and ironmongery, and a small assortment of cotton goods. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 It was as though grief had shrunk to the size of a narrow riband. Shadows of Flames A Novel A scarlet riband bound her forehead, and was tied in a bow behind her thick and flowing tresses. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Below the eagle at either side are flying cherubs supporting ribands with inscriptions. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 Adam went up to her, and, unseen by the others, showed her something wrapped up and fastened by a riband into his purse. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. What a difference between these vigorous shepherds, with their long moustaches, and the languishing fiddle-fuddles of Virgil, eternally occupied in piping on a flute, or in decorating with ribands and flowers their pretty straw hats. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Its tongue shot out like a length of riband out of one of those wooden winders that you buy in cheap shops. Bye-Ways But it would be a mistake to imagine that Pushkin was a Lost Leader who abandoned the cause of liberty for a handful of silver and a riband to stick in his coat. An Outline of Russian Literature Below the imperial eagle two winged cherubs support a riband with three indictions of the Julian period. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 The daylight, which was very clear and grey, showed them a riband of white foot-path wandering among the gorse. The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses The only difference was, that the riband by which the bonnet was tied under the chin, instead of being black, was red or yellow. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The white riband of road snaked away in the moonlight—and—here was the spot. Harley Greenoak's Charge The stars flashed from the vault above in a narrow riband of gold between the loom of the great cliffs against the sky. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt It is housed in a tall case of dark-red mahogany veneered on oak, with restrained carving featuring ribands and foliate motifs. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 Beyond the river, eastward, a vast sweep of broad plain, belted with dark-green ribands of bush and forest, stretched in interminable expanse to the hot horizon. Tales of South Africa Soon we discovered, far before us, quite in the horizon, what seemed a broad silver riband, above which floated light vapours that, rising, became lost in the azure of the heavens. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Along the ridge overlooking Babatyana’s kraals a dusty waggon road winds like a riband, distinguishable from the darker veldt in the starlight. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising The Prince wore the silk gown of a Queen's Counsel, and the riband of the Garter. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 Around the shield on a blue riband the motto as under the knight. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West Camille descends from his table; "stifled with embraces, wetted with tears;" has a bit of green riband handed him; sticks it in his hat. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series A second portrait of that venerated patroness was hung round his neck by a blue and white riband. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Gerard cast an eager glance up and down the long riband of dusty road, over the shimmering expanse of sun-baked veldt. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley In his right hand the King held a spear, to the point of which Valeria had fastened four streamers of red and white riband; merrily they fluttered in the morning breeze. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 Her golden hair was uncovered, and fell in two long tresses plaited with different coloured ribands, over her back. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. Sitting up, he takes the stem in his fore paws, and rolls it round and round against his chisel-shaped incisor teeth, swallowing the long ribands of bark thus stripped off.... Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North But in compliance with custom, his hair was dressed with the fashionable love-locks, plaited and adorned with ribands, and falling foppishly over either ear. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion It looked like a big butterfly as he spread it in the air, and it had ribands that hung down to the floor. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome Remind Breton of his promise to send me from Italy the newest kind of head-dress, veils, and ribands, wrought with gold and silver, and I will repay him. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries The memory of an old visiting lady is so filled with gloves, silks, and ribands, that I can look upon it as nothing else but a toy-shop. The Tatler, Volume 3 The daylight, which was very clear and grey, showed them a riband of white footpath wandering among the gorse. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) The heavy boots, which were usually worn by cavaliers, were in this case supplied by shoes fastened with roses of ribands. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion In the mellow light of a superlatively fine afternoon the Downs wore their gayest raiment of blue and purple, red and green—decked, too, with ribands of white roads and ruffs of rose-laden hedges. Cynthia's Chauffeur The footmen wore ribands of the colour of the Company, and pendants with the Company's coat-of-arms. Old and New London Volume I In January 1725, on the revival of the Bath, the red riband was offered to him, but was declined. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" He didn't think it worth while to budge, and so we let the canvas blow into whatever shaped ribands it chose. The Recipe for Diamonds Her long black hair was bound by a simple riband, and fell thickly over her shoulders in dark profusion. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Fluttering rock pigeons circled far up in the azure riband that spanned the opposing precipices. Cynthia's Chauffeur The men in dark Wadmel jackets with bright buttons, and the women with red ribands bound on their caps and knitted sleeves. A Danish Parsonage One end has two standing figures with a Latin cross in high relief between them, and a garland with waving ribands surrounding the labarum above; the other an imbrication with the spaces in relief. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Their slaves were bareheaded, but their long, black hair was braided in locks hanging down behind to their waists, and tied up with ribands. The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that's good and all that's fair: Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer A huckster had been there selling ribands from France, and showing a doll dressed as the ladies of the French King's Court were dressing that new year. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court Ivan saddled his good steed, gave him a bridle of embroidered ribands, put a Tcherkess saddle on his back, and buckled ten rich silken girths around him. The Russian Garland being Russian Folk Tales She next envelopes herself in large cloak of rich black silk, tied round the head by a piece of narrow riband. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 But now the Papists resolved to regard the placing of a few knots of orange riband on this equestrian figure as a matter of personal offence, and prohibited the decoration. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 Now the limits were so narrow that the river was but a smooth riband darting between walls worn glassy by the wear of countless ages. The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West When his grave was opened, half a century afterwards, the riband was found in perfect preservation, and sent to his sister in England. Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Then this disappeared, and there was only the sliding water and the smooth rock, while the patch of sky seemed no more than a narrow riband of blue very high above. The Greater Power The peasant's wife and daughter might use hoods of black, blue, or grey woollen cloth, lined with grey linen, edged with plain riband, and fastened with a simple button. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Only their uniforms, the ribands and decorations, the mise-en-scène render them tolerable imitations of the average military man. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess While stars and ribands have been lavishly conferred on those whose power was supposed to influence the arrival of expected millions, the heirs of Hastings were forgotten. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 "Fair apparel is of scant use to one who hath a mind to wed the Church," she said, "but thou shalt have a riband for thyself, Anne, and a silk girdle withal." The Manor House School Wisps of gauzy mist clung to the hillside, and out of them the track came winding down, a sinuous gleaming riband that links the nations with a band of 128 steel. The Greater Power They were clad in chain-mail, bound on and about with white riband, and their armor was burnished in a manner most beautiful to behold. Robin Hood I think it looks as smart almost as ever!' and under this persuasion our young archer resumed his bow—his bow with green ribands now no more—and he pursued his way to the Downs. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago For a' that and a' that, His riband, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul Pray you, sir, how much Carnation riband may a man buy for a remuneration? The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare A black tulle cap with flame-coloured ribands covered her head; round her neck she wore a string of large amber beads, a gold watch-chain, and a velvet riband from which her eyeglass was suspended. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Thus the sheaf of rays which would otherwise combine into a patch of white light are separated through the divergence of their tracks after refraction by a prism, so as to form a tinted riband. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition This, as if in mockery of his assumed misfortune, he had rested on the hump, while the riband, which was of bright scarlet, encircled, like a necklace, his swarthy neck, that was partially uncovered. The Buccaneer A Tale You may see their tracks on the chalk, streaming down from the ridge like a bunch of white ribands in the wind. Highways and Byways in Surrey The collar is turned down over a black silk riband, knotted à la Byron; but a tropic sun has more to do with this fashion than any desire to imitate the sailor-poet. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature So upon the procession, I did my eyes fix, Reviewing and skewing this wonderful six; They wore blue ribands so grand in their coats, Singing “So be I” joskins come give us your votes. Revised Edition of Poems The paths twisted in and out, and looped into each other like a tangled riband. Nine Little Goslings The Pilgrims' Way dropping down like white ribands over the shoulder of the down into Reigate we have already seen. Highways and Byways in Surrey It stood at one end of the little, desolate settlement, where the trail that came up from the railroad thirty miles away forked off into two wavy ribands that melted into a waste of snow. Hawtrey's Deputy A very riband in the cap of youth. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Of pure gold chased and pierced, it is worn by the knight elect pendant from a red riband across the right shoulder. Coronation Anecdotes At six she became a complete wreck, the shot from the enemy having cut away nearly all the standing rigging, as well as the sails to ribands. A Sailor of King George He had picked up a little piece of riband which one of his daughters had dropped, purposely to mark the trail. The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the Kentucky rifleman We ran before it with a strip of the boom-foresail on her and a jib that blew to ribands every now and then. Hawtrey's Deputy Then, he turned the team towards Fremont ranch, and his face was grave as he stared over the horses’ heads at the smear of trail that wound away, a blue-grey riband, before the gliding sleigh. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter A fair and equal distribution of all the finery belonging to the garrison had apparently been made, and shawls and ribands and feathers were scattered about the camp in great profusion. Heroes and Hunters of the West Comprising Sketches and Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleehart, Hughes, Johnson, &c. That innocence and candour, which used to adorn her lovely countenance, began to be lost amidst the profusion of flowers, silks, gauzes, and ribands. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror Fancy being cooped up in a horrid ship, with the hoarse, hump-backed waves trying to get in, and a black wind blowing the masts down, and tearing the sails into long screaming ribands! The Picture of Dorian Gray But if we may not put her into marble in rags, may we give her a pretty frock with ribands and flounces to it, and put her into marble in that? The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing She swung her keys on a black riband and gazed at him masterfully. Privy Seal His Last Venture Do not then wind up that light In ribands, and o'ercloud the night; Like the sun in his early ray, But shake your head and scatter day. Tudor and Stuart Love Songs Behind him, on a wagon decorated with ribands and branches of trees, was raised the tricolor flag—black, red, and white—the signal of revolt. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 Then was there great glee among the hand-maidens of the Queen, and they scarce slept at night for thinking of bright ribands and gay raiment. Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children By getting a piece of grey shaded riband, and comparing it with your drawing, you may arrive, in early stages of your work, at a wholesome dissatisfaction with it. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing I had bought it about half a year before—put a nice green riband to it, and a twopenny key.—This it was that got me the silver seal, and I’ll tell you how. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 Divergent strings, marvellously interlaced on the water, streamed in with the wind, broadened into ribands fluttering over green-grey patches. A Poor Man's House In front of the window there was a riband of pavement protected by an overhanging section of roof. Tongues of Conscience From her breast she took the crosslet, Drew the rings from off her fingers, From her neck the beaded necklace, From her head the scarlet ribands. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes The barn stood at one end of the little, desolate settlement, where the trail that came up from the railroad thirty miles away forked off into two wavy ribands melting into a waste of snow. Masters of the Wheat-Lands Suddenly she saw that Mrs. Poppit was wearing on her ample breast a small piece of riband with a little cross attached to it. Miss Mapp A few shacks stood forlornly upon the hillside, a frozen river wound like a white riband through the gorge beneath, and ahead lay a sharply rising waste of rock and snow. Prescott of Saskatchewan The faded ceiling had been painted with Cupid’s trailing ribands, he judged by some artist of the period shortly preceding the French Revolution, and two or three Arcadian figures hinted at the same date. The Long Portage Not for thee, and not for others, Rests the cross upon my bosom, And my hair is bound with ribands. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes We ran before it with a strip of the boom-foresail on one vessel and a jib that blew to ribands every now and then. Masters of the Wheat-Lands The ladies wore bandeaux, cestuses, and ribands, stamped and embroidered with the name of Washington; some in gold and silver letters, and some in pearls. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. His Highness wore a magnificent costume of white brocade, relieved only by the broad ribands of several high orders, and on his breast the chain of Austria's Golden Fleece. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Medusa smoothed her horrid looks, and came out at that day's dinner in cherry ribands and fresh artificials. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 "Oh, there's my bow coming, I declare!" cried he; "look, I see the bow and the ribands; look now, between the trees, Charles Sweepstakes, on the Hot-well Walk; it is coming." Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes "We have no general," Lord Grenville wrote bitterly, "but some old woman in a red riband." History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 Here we have shepherdesses in hoops and wreaths of roses and shepherds in satin coats, who carry crooks tied with knots of riband. Child Life In Town And Country 1909 On her breast glittered the broad riband and the white enamel stag, whose antlers bore the diamond cross of the order of St. Hubertus. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg He kept a very minute and amusing diary, in which he neglected not to enter the most trivial matters, even the purchase of a new wig, or a new riband for his wife. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 These were ornamented with ribands and laces at the two extremities, below which silk stockings, glistering like silver, and immense pink shoe-roses, completed his nether costume. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 With a piece of riband to be attached to the buttonhole, Napoleon could make an army of a million of men rush forward upon danger and death. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 IT was to go and see their friend Jean that Roger, Marcel, Bernard, Jacques, and Etienne set out along the broad highroad that winds like a handsome yellow riband through the fields and meadows. Child Life In Town And Country 1909 The rough country road wound like some white riband through the green vineyards which lay between Stuttgart and the Rothwald. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The scale, moistened with a frothy liquid, became glutinous, and was drawn out like a riband. Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained "There goes the mainsail all to ribands; the yards are shot in the slings." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 On the ribands which they wear round their necks, are inscribed the date of their various duels. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 There was a sovereign, five one pound notes folded up, eight shillings in silver, and a small silver cross hanging on a black silk riband. War and the Weird Hardly had they got below before away went the foretopmast staysail, blown to ribands. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Turning my head, I saw that the gentleman had risen, and he now tripped towards us, his toes carefully pointed, while a small, gold-mounted walking cane dangled from his wrist by a riband. The Honourable Mr. Tawnish I noticed even a mandoline, with a blue riband attached to it cruising round the bottles; which seemed quite out of its latitude there! Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant Miss Jenny and Polly Had each a new Dolly, With rosy-red cheeks and blue eyes, Dress’d in ribands and gauze: And they quarreled because The Dolls were not both of a size. Aunt Kitty's Stories In such machines the wire of the rotating armature is comparatively short and thick, copper riband instead of wire being commonly employed. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 His round baby collar seemed to take off quite five years from his age, and his straw hat, with its black riband, suited him very well. The Green Carnation “She has a bonnet of plaited straw with ribands.” Japhet in Search of a Father The blue-gum and some others have the peculiarity of throwing off their bark in white-grey longitudinal strips or ribands, which, hanging down the branches, give them a singularly ragged look, more particularly in winter. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Behind his natural hair was augmented by the addition of a large queue, called vulgarly the false tail, which, enrolled in some yards of black riband, hung halfway down his back. Customs and Fashions in Old New England They wore hats cockaded and crowned with great black plumes and the official cloak with a tricolour riband from which a heavy silver medal was suspended on the breast. The Gods are Athirst The archaic word pomander— "I have sold all my trumpery; not a counterfeit stone, not a riband, glass, pomander, brooch, ... to keep my pack from fasting." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) I had a yellow riband, I tied it in my hair, That, walking in the garden, The birds might see it there. Songs of Childhood Naturally fluffy, it nearly concealed the white riband that ran through it, and clustered in tendrils and tiny natural curls upon her neck. The Return Of The Soul 1896 It was growing dark as we rounded to at "White House;" the camp fires of the grand army lit up the sky, and edged the tree-boughs on the margin with ribands of silver. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War There were stalls also for the sale of patriotic songs, cockades, tricolour ribands, purses, pinchbeck watch-chains and all sorts of cheap gewgaws. The Gods are Athirst The little goose," pursued the respectable sire, "to pretend to have an opinion on any subject except the colour of a riband. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. Silk handkerchiefs and “fancy” neckcloths—things till then unknown—could occupy the former, while the latter covetously turned over and examined bright ribands and fresh cotton hose. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States Soon we discovered far before us what seemed a broad silver riband. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole While chafing Voules’s chest he had observed a locket hanging to a riband. The Rival Crusoes These, wearing a tricoloured riband round the left arm, saw that the customers belonged to the Section and were given their proper share in proportion to the number of mouths to be filled. The Gods are Athirst The stars put a silver riband round night's tresses, The light fades like a receding song As fall soundless sounds from Nature's moon-gong. Sandhya Songs of Twilight He recollected the precise piece of calico from which Mrs. Jones bought her last new dress, and the identical bolt of riband from which Mrs. Smith trimmed her “Sunday bonnet.” Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States Beyond the train we see the lines like curves of blue riband on the yellow and white quartz ballast of the track. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah In general terms, the change is from the flattened riband of the original fibre to a cylindrical tube with much diminished and rounded central canal. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 When the Commissaries, wearing tricolour ribands at their necks, arrived to carry out their perquisition, they found scarcely anything but such trifles as it had been deemed judicious to let them discover. The Gods are Athirst I hear Lord Bath gets the blue riband. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents A very curious group surround the old nobleman, who is adorned with a riband, a star, and a pair of spectacles. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency The wheat-ears are not unfrequently replaced by a bunch of poppies, with which her brows are also garlanded, though sometimes she merely wears a simple riband in her hair. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome He had seen it claim lovers locked in each other's arms, and toss the fair curls of the first-born as it tossed the riband weeds of its deeps. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida The king at once determined to send Howe "a red riband;" and Lord Mansfield, who had thrown the weight of his great legal abilities against America, was created an earl. The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Down go my lord bishop's apron, and his Grace's blue riband, and my lady's brocade petticoat in the mud. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Already they beheld the silver showers Of rubles rain, as fast as specie can, Upon his cabinet, besides the presents Of several ribands, and some thousand peasants. Don Juan Court suits, ribands, and orders lent additional colour to a richly coloured scene. The Dictator “Did I ever give a midshipman four dozen for not having his weekly accounts pipe-clayed; or another five dozen for wearing a scarlet watch riband?” Peter Simple He came at last, seated with many others on the outside of a stage coach—his hat bedecked with ribands, a pipe in one hand and flourishing a pewter pot in the other. Poor Jack If you had been a lord with a blue riband, who flattered his vanity, or could help his ambition, he would have been the most delightful company in the world. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American To thee a sheep-hook I will send Be-prankt with ribands to this end, This, this alluring hook might be Less for to catch a sheep than me. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) The new track wound through their shadow, a double riband of steel, until it broke off abruptly where a creek that poured out of the hills had spread itself among the trees. The Gold Trail I looked at the captain, who was sitting at the table: he was a fine, stout man, with two or three ribands at his button-hole, and a large pair of mustachios. Peter Simple Titles and ribands, bought with shame, Folly and vice but more proclaim. Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress She was painted grey, with a broad white riband and painted ports, her top-sides being black. The Missing Merchantman “Is she all black, or does she sometimes sport a white riband?” The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron Alexander Hood is to have the red riband, and not Trevor. Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 "Old Bull," said the man, picking up his cap and pointing to the letters on the riband; "Tore—hus means 'old bull,' you know." The Little Skipper A Son of a Sailor Do you believe me an impostor, because I wear this riband on authority no better than that of the house of Hanover? The Two Admirals There might be a lingering protest or a lurking vanity in the myrtle-green gown and the little lace cap, with its tiny nœuds of dark green riband, which she wore instead. A Houseful of Girls There at the parlour window stands my dear little Agnes, in a white frock, in a great cap with a blue riband and bow, and curls clustering over her face. A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools Fawcitt will have the red riband with another person, who will surprise you. Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 They were delicately bound together, too, by a bright blue riband, fastened by a gold and turquoise pin. Henrietta Temple A Love Story You have had the riband these ten years, have declined the peerage twice, and their only chance is the promotion. The Two Admirals She was sure Hector had not one leaf, riband, or ring which she had given him. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes He saw the white smoke of an approaching train stretch out like a riband in the distance. The Four Feathers Sir G. Yonge is to have the red riband, which is comical enough. Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 And hence arose the term camisado for a night-attack, in which the assailants recognised each other in the dark by their white shirt-sleeves, sometimes further distinguished by a tight cincture of broad black riband. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg I think you are wrong, notwithstanding, Bluewater, in talking of refusing the riband, which is so justly your due, for a dozen different acts. The Two Admirals Now Richard had been saving up his few pence in order to buy an umbrella for his mother; for the winter would come, and the one she had was almost torn to ribands. Cross Purposes and The Shadows With Cupid's myrtle was his bonnet crowned, About his arms the purple riband wound Wherewith she wreathed her largely spreading hair. Hero and Leander If you had been a lord with a blue riband, who flattered his vanity, or could help his ambition, he would have been the most delightful company in the world.... Thackeray Having wrung the wet from them, and combed, I tied them carelessly in a black riband. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 By the Lord, my old boy, they've given you the red riband at last! The Two Admirals The curtains, the bright ribands, the cushions would slowly become soiled and faded. The Land of Promise Walpole, in his pleasant exaggeration, says, that "the crowd of people of fashion was so great, that the footman's gallery was hung with blue ribands." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 It is a most decorative panel, the motive being ribands and wreaths, among which there are eleven winged putti of different sizes. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres They had seen cliffs a thousand feet high, cataracts, rapids, a multitude of wooded islands, narrow valleys where floating misty clouds came and went and the sky looked like a riband. Days of the Discoverers As this was said, Sir Gervaise tore aside the seals; and, as he proceeded rather summarily, a red riband was soon uncased and fell upon the carpet. The Two Admirals She could see herself ripping the ribands from an old hat to tie back curtains for Mrs. Hubbard! The Land of Promise Very deliberately he tied the riband of his cap over the peak while the eyes of thousands watched him. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs White fine thread stockings were tied at the knee with crimson riband, and silver buckles were in his shoes. Wych Hazel The proper attitude, I should imagine, for a man "of independent mind" in these circumstances—assuming for the moment that ribands and stars are bestowed on imbeciles—would be a quiet disdain. Adventures in Criticism "No!—the papers tell us that you have received one of the lately vacant red ribands?" The Two Admirals The one that I wore in those days showed the bells and ribands of the harlequin, but there was chain armor underneath. Montlivet Her ears were adorned by long gold earrings, in each of which were three large garnets, and these trinkets dangled outside and over the riband of the bonnet, which passed under her chin. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster "I think we may destroy these," said Oswyn, pointing to the little bundle tied up with riband. A Comedy of Masks A Novel The Duc d'Eglemont, that was the racing French duke who had carried off the blue riband of the British Turf—the other name was harder to remember—then it came to her. The Chink in the Armour "It has come too late, then," coldly returned the other, laying the riband, jewels, and letters, quietly on the table. The Two Admirals I tore my handkerchief in ribands, made a weighted sling, and had the Indian swing the canoe over a ripple where a great bass lay. Montlivet He soon relieved their apprehensions and sent them forward to the village about a mile off with presents of small pieces of riband. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. Upwards along a glimmering riband of path, a group of students bore one of their number shoulder-high. The Summons It was merely two pieces of list or riband of the same length, crossing each other at right angles. The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science But here his gratification ended; for, on looking at the dates of the different communications, it was evident that the red riband was bestowed after the intelligence of the Pretender's movement had reached London. The Two Admirals Her slender throat was encircled by a black riband, with a small locket attached to it; and upon the top of her head rested a diminutive lace cap. Jack Sheppard A Romance To two of the most distinguished men, we made presents of a ring and broach, and to five others a piece of riband, a little tobacco, and the fifth part of a neckcloth. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. A band or fillet is worn round the head, confining the hair, which is turned back behind the head, and tied by a riband, or else held up by the fillet. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The colour of the riband or list denoted the nation to which the Crusader belonged. The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science P. S.—I have just heard that they have sent you the red riband. The Two Admirals The broad Rhine looked like a riband, the great roads like threads. A Voyage in a Balloon (1852) The girl had been walking towards me, swinging by its riband a garden hat, for the air was hot. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow A long scarf or riband depended from behind down their backs. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The riband below the escutcheon, on which the motto is inscribed. The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science The only decoration which he wore was a chain or riband round the neck, to which was suspended an ornament like a locket—probably an amulet. Ancient Egypt Into our town a sergeant came, With ribands all so fine, A-flaunting in his cap—alas! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood And then, with a start of recollection, I remembered the crown piece that hung by a riband about my neck, and with the thought a flash of inspiration shot through my mind. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow In either hand they held a long white handkerchief knotted with ribands. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest The riband, which is one third less than the garter and the bendlet, must never occupy more than one sixth of the field. The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science An immense banner, of silk adorned with tinsel and gay devices, precedes the rush-cart, wherein the rushes, neatly woven and smooth cut, are piled up and decorated with flowers and ribands, in rustic taste. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Is not the resolution of the noble lord in the blue riband, now standing on your journals, the strongest of all proofs that Parliamentary subsidies really touched and grieved them? The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) The general level of the country is low, in the midst of fresh-water lakes, divided from the sea by a narrow riband of land. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Ribands were every where in their dresses—ribands and tinsel adorned their caps, ribands crossed their hose, and ribands were tied round their arms. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest So they tied the goat with that very riband and placed it in the innkeeper's room to be taken care of, and he put it in the side room where his daughters slept. Folk Tales Every Child Should Know The black-faced visor having seated himself, the arras was again let down; when several men, bedizened with ribands and nosegays, wheeled off the vehicle to its destination on the green. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 To prepare a very own version of Hamlet and play it with credit—that is still the blue riband of the Stage. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 2, 1917 In "Pretty Tory, where's the jest To wear that riband on thy breast, When that same breast betraying shows The whiteness of the rebel rose?" Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings If you look at the smooth riband of water out there, you will perceive a passage through the reef. The Wings of the Morning Afterward they came to the town where the king lived, and bought a silken riband for the goat. Folk Tales Every Child Should Know One of the birds was building a nest in a corner, and during the service she added to it a marabout feather, a scrap of lace, and an end of pink riband. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Two most fiery and impatient steeds, half concealed by harness, bells, and ribands, are included in his purchase. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 A neighboring border glowed with autumn flowers: ribands of asters, spikes of crimson gladiolus, ranks of dahlias. Ranching for Sylvia And then a Sergeant in the Dragoon Guards gave me a shilling, and placed some ribands in my pot-hat, and—well—I was a soldier! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 30, 1892 Oh! if I, too, could have such a riband! Folk Tales Every Child Should Know Prominent among the flowers at her feet was one large golden-petalled bouquet of gorgeous blooms, tied with a broad streamer of golden riband, the tribute rendered by Cæsar to the things that were Cæsar’s. When William Came The marquess then produced four large and weighty gold coronation peer medallions of his majesty, suspended by a rich mazareen blue silk riband. The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock "Ah, but roturiers, madame!" said a stiff old duke, with a scorn worthy of ten generations of ribands of St Louis. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 A lady asks her partner: "Who's my sister's partner, vis-à-vis, with the star and riband?" George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians In the middle of this was a dark riband of water where the stream had kept an open channel through the ice. Carmen's Messenger The company went to a neighbouring marsh and cut the rushes, binding them in long bundles, and decorating them with ribands and flowers. Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs Later there came a terrible time, when the eyes of Cuckoo—appraising everything on which they looked—fell with that fateful expression, not merely upon Jessie's yellow riband, but upon Jessie herself. Flames She carries about, also, a lock of her sweetheart's hair, and a riband he once gave her, being a mode of producing constancy in her lover. Bracebridge Hall All for a length of white satin riband.... The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly She generally accompanied the army in a litter, and assisted at the sacrifices in a double purple robe fastened with a clasp, and carrying a spear wreathed with ribands and chaplets. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II The latter wore conventional evening dress cut by a London tailor, with the stars and ribands of several orders. The Jungle Girl He filled the atmosphere with heaviness, and with a murmurous melody, like the melody of the drooping streams that hang their silver ribands over the hills of the far Lotus land. Flames She put on a bonnet and riband that night. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth I've got the gown and the stockings and the shoes, and all I want is the white riband, and I must someways make enough money to buy it come Flora Day. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly Her side curtains were waving in ribands, the forward flag-pole held nothing but one tiny rag of blue bunting and the tender, torn from the chocks, was jammed between the stanchions ahead. The Adventure Club Afloat He wore a scarlet uniform, with the riband and badge of the Garter. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 We saw the riband of the road unwind before us. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 They were stout, bustling, rosy-cheeked girls, two or three and twenty years of age, superbly dressed in flashy silks, and bedizened with ribands like a triumphal arch. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 "Or even shower its ardours upon a piece of white riband?" cried Miss Le Pettit, with a titter. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly The knights are to wear a silver star with nine points, and a straw-coloured riband from the right shoulder to the left. Notes and Queries, Number 06, December 8, 1849 From this she took a manuscript, daintily written on gilt-edged vellum paper, and stitched a light blue riband. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists The sun had by this time begun to cast oblique shadows, and far down below, towards the valleys, lay the warm steaming vapours, creeping upwards in long drawn-out gossamer bands and ribands of mist. Weird Tales from Northern Seas He had felt himself smart enough at home in his leather breeches, brown frieze double-breasted coat, scarlet vest, and riding boots, his hair tied behind with a scarlet riband to match the vest. Tom Tufton's Travels He too saw in that length of satin, now soiled and crumpled, more than a white riband. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly The only goods that require velocity in coming to London, are ribands from Coventry. Rides on Railways She carries about, also, a lock of her sweetheart's hair, and a riband he once gave her, being a mode of producing constancy in a lover. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists "That is a very curious long sort of riband," thought the drummer to himself in his amazement. Weird Tales from Northern Seas Hence even as early as the time of Dr. Arnold at Rugby, a "Balliol scholarship" had become "the blue riband of public-school education." The Charm of Oxford The white riband seemed no impossible fantasy to Loveday when she started on her quest. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly Great advances have been made recently in the production of the best kinds of ribands. Rides on Railways I looked at the captain, who was sitting at the table: he was a fine, stout man, with two or three ribands at his button-hole, and a large pair of moustachios. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 It is made to fit the bust with great exactness, and to fasten behind with strong cotton cords; the sleeves are very short and tight, and finished with some fanciful embroidery or silver riband. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society In front the road gleamed through the night like a white riband; the hedgerows flung out a homely scent of honeysuckle and wild roses; above, the stars rode in a clear sky. The Philanderers One of the men would have taken the riband from her, with some vague notion of returning it, though whether to the graveyard or to the Manor he could not have told. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly Instead of turning off from Rugby by the new route to Leamington, we will keep the old road, and so push on straight to the great Warwickshire manufactory and mart of ribands and watches. Rides on Railways Took Mrs. Hare out shopping—saw piles of lace, heaps of silk, pyramids of riband, and all other female gear. The Idler in France The haarhs presented on these occasions at the Oude court are composed of silver ribands very prettily platted and confined at each division of plats by knobs covered with silver riband. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society His faithful squire Van Corlear trudged valiantly at his heels, with his trumpet gorgeously bedecked with red and yellow ribands, the remembrances of his fair mistresses at the Manhattoes. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete "Ay," answered Madgy, speaking freely as was her wont, for she was, alas, no respecter of persons, "it was more than a white riband to the maid, for all that the fools say." The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly They exacted a pledge from their members in favour of Free-trade, except in watches and ribands. Rides on Railways The archivault is ornamented on each side with sculptured wreaths of ivy, pine cones, branches of grapes and olives, interlaced with ribands. The Idler in France He fell forwards, a great hole torn in his forehead, from which a river of blood poured, joining the bright ribands and with them making a sea of crimson. Five Nights The old Count colored slightly as he gave a glance at the riband and star which he wore. International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 2, July 8, 1850 I remember noticing that green mark on the riband when the wreath was laid on the grave. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly The chief manufactures are of ribands and of watches, both transplantations from the Continent. Rides on Railways We had no sooner dined than half-a-dozen persons, laden with silk handkerchiefs and ribands, brocaded with gold and silver, and silk stockings, and crapes, all the manufacture of Nismes, came to display their merchandise. The Idler in France Scarlet was already running in bright ribands over the whiteness of the bed, Suzee's blood and my own. Five Nights She had never seen anything so somber, so sinister, as that precipitous curtain of rock and its riband of ice. Running Water Her head, like a snapped lily, lay forwards and a little to one side, so that her pale cheek rested against the taut white satin of the riband from which she hung. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly A specimen produced by subscription for the Hyde Park Exhibition of 1851, proved that Coventry was quite able to rival the choicest work of France in the class of machine-made ribands. Rides on Railways Yet here was a girl whose thoughts might be expected to run on youths and ribands talking of it in a little village four miles from Leamington as though there were no topic more universal. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories They were all in full uniform, wearing their epaulettes, and the stars and ribands of their different orders. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 White ice filled the basin and reached high into the recesses of the mountains, hanging in rugged glaciers upon their flanks, and streaking the gullies with smooth narrow ribands. Running Water You want to earn money for yourself this next month to buy your white riband with. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly It can embroider muslin, and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves.” Rides on Railways He looked at her dress which was white and had not so much as a black riband dangling anywhere about it. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories A few wore sashes across their breastplates, and several had knots of ribands tied above the coronals of their lances, which were borne by their esquires. The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance She shivered once more as she looked at it—so grim and so menacing the rock-wall seemed, so hard and steep the riband of ice. Running Water Mrs. Lear," she said urgently, "I don't mean any wickedness, but indeed I can't sufficiently tell 'ee what it means to me to get my length of riband and dance in the Flora come May. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly An example of this will be seen in the next woodcut of a cabinet in the Jones collection, which has also the familiar "Louis Seize" riband surmounting the two oval Sêvres china plaques. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time He stopped, and gazing across the valley to the riband of road descending the hill: "Down that road the soldier came," said he, "whose stories brought about all this misfortune." Ensign Knightley and Other Stories What mattered it that his name was called aloud, and that gloves and knots of ribands fell at his feet, as he rode past the ladies' gallery? The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance She saw it flashing like a riband of silver in the garden of the dark quiet house. Running Water Yet she did so, for before her eyes she saw, not a silver sixpence, but the beginning of a length of white satin riband unrolling towards her through futurity. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly Lord Walterton quite straddled in his gait, so wide were his boot tops, and there was an extraordinary maze of tags and ribands round the edge of Sir James Overbury's breeches. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk Green enamel branches of palm, tipped with gold, form the framework of the shield, while around their stems is a riband of the blue enamel with the single word "Crimea." Lives of Girls Who Became Famous I had a yellow riband, I tied it in my hair, That, walking in the garden, The birds might see it there. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume II. "The blue ribands," says Bachaumont, "huddled up in the crowd, and elbowing Savoyards; the guard dispersed, the doors burst, the iron gratings broken beneath the efforts of the assailants." A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 Perhaps she saw nothing beyond the beginning of her riband, but she held out her hand. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly In some cases the sailors, knowing their taste for finery, bring out with them, from London, old tawdry gowns, and fierce coloured ribands. A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 "And so have I," continued Madeleine; "I have brought twenty yards of rose-coloured ribands, and twenty yards of blue, to ornament my crook and the handsomest of my ewes." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 There were a great many other channels, some mere ribands of water, others narrow sounds, and many resembling broad, deep, serpenting creeks, which last was their true character, being strictly inlets from the sea. The Crater He comes back with grand decorations: prince of the empire, knight of the Golden Fleece, blue riband, marshal of France, and duke. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 Cherry clutched the frail morsels of riband and lace in her lap, then, seeing there was no danger, began to straighten them out, scolding the while. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly You look so fierce in your iron harness, and so gay with your plumes and ribands. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War It was a branch of ash of good size, ornamented with a rustic bouquet and a bunch of ribands, not very skilfully tied. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 His velvet knee-breeches and the wide riband which tied his queue were of the same rich shade of dark green. Round Anvil Rock A Romance A wheat-sheaf is brought, and placed in the middle of the room, decorated with ribands and flowers, and corn is hung in various parts of the room. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828 Quite a simple thing, the simpler the better, and a white sash of satin riband. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly The flags and the ribands fluttered gaily in the air; and a short oration was, the greater part of it, dispersed by the wind. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes This is worn on the left breast, and attached to a button-hole of the waistcoat by a green silk riband. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 334, October 4, 1828 It was a strip of thin, fine deerskin, bound with a narrow black riband and tied with a leathern string. Round Anvil Rock A Romance They lasted about three minutes, when, after a report almost as loud as that of a small piece of ordnance, the sail split in ribands. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" You and your fal-lals!" she exclaimed; "here's a fine boutigo to make of a parcel of ribands and laces that'll make you look like a couple of the puppets at Corpus Fair. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly The triumphant leaders of the crew, the twenty lads who sit upon their consoles, sustaining medallions by ribands which they lift, have been variously and inconclusively interpreted. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti His waistcoat was of gosling green, and his sisters had tied his hair with a broad black riband. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V "I can get mother to let me have a little pink riband," said he, "and that will be beautiful." Rollo at Play Safe Amusements Her eyes were bright and in her hair She'd twined a bit of riband red; And every step was daddy's sure, Till tired out she went to bed. Ballads of a Bohemian "There goes my white riband," thought the ignorant girl, and yet even with the quick fear there welled a fresh and fierce determination in her undisciplined heart. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly The one who condemned the civil power in such strong terms, was a serjeant—engaged just then, as the streaming ribands in his cap announced, on the recruiting service. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty Piccadilly lies at our feet like a long riband of silver. Intentions "It would be a good plan," said Jonas, "to mark him in some way, but he might gnaw off the riband." Rollo at Play Safe Amusements The daylight, which was very clear and grey, showed them a riband of white footpath wandering among the gorse. The Black Arrow The young girl listened with a submissive attention, holding her satin purse by its riband in her hand all the time. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy Girt to his side was the steel hilt of an old sword without blade or scabbard; and some particoloured ends of ribands and poor glass toys completed the ornamental portion of his attire. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty The silent roadway looked like a long riband of polished silver, flecked here and there by the dark arabesques of waving shadows. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Rollo thought so too, and they both tried to bite their own collar ribands, by way of showing Jonas how impossible it was. Rollo at Play Safe Amusements He was clothed in blue trousers, and over his shirt he had a hood tied with ribands, which served him for a cloak. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway The brook which trickled that way to the sea was distinct in its murmurs now, and over the line of its course there began to hang a white riband of fog. A Pair of Blue Eyes At length Hugh, after some elbowing and winking between himself and Mr Dennis, ventured to stay his hand, and to ask him why he meddled with that riband in his hat. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty Such agates, when cut transversely, exhibit a succession of parallel lines, often of extreme tenuity, giving a banded appearance to the section, whence such stones are known as banded agate, riband agate and striped agate. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Fancy being cooped up in a horrid ship, with the hoarse, hump-backed waves trying to get in, and a black wind blowing the masts down and tearing the sails into long screaming ribands! The Picture of Dorian Gray The wide acreage of blank agricultural brownness, apparent where the swedes had been pulled, was beginning to be striped in wales of darker brown, gradually broadening to ribands. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Occasionally, too, there was a little dispute on the subject of ribands or curls or such things. The Indian Lily and Other Stories Don't you fetch aprons an' ribands for her? The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II Fear took hold of him, and, hiding the blue riband and his George, he galloped away with Grey and Buyse, first towards the Bristol Channel, and then, turning, made towards Hampshire. The Brown Mask I remember that I wore a nightgown of pale blue lustring, with a chip hat trimmed with ribands of the same colour. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire The brig had hardly got round before the fore-tack went, and the foresail split into ribands. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast Now she stood there in her white communion dress, with its blue ribands, and made a charming little grimace. The Indian Lily and Other Stories The laurel wreath is tied with a riband which bears, in gilt letters, the following inscription: "To our gifted manager Hassenreuter, from his grateful colleagues." The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II It may be further observed, that the fringes which the Jews wore upon their garments, had on them a riband of blue or purple. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II There was something foreign in his air—and the half military habit, relieved by the red riband of the Bourbon knighthood. Night and Morning, Complete Most of our canvass blew from the gaskets, the cloth going in ribands. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast She plaited herself two thick braids of hair the blue ribands of which she loved to chew when the modesty that belonged to her part overwhelmed her. The Indian Lily and Other Stories There was something foreign in his air— and the half military habit, relieved by the red riband of the Bourbon knighthood. Night and Morning, Volume 4 "Sir," said the tall Frenchman with the riband, eying the epicier with great disdain, "you say you are for the Restoration—I am for the Empire —Moi!" Night and Morning, Volume 3 "Sir," said the tall Frenchman with the riband, eying the epicier with great disdain, "you say you are for the Restoration—I am for the Empire—Moi!" Night and Morning, Complete Around the neck of this animal, some one has fastened a sixpence, by a bit of riband rove through a hole. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast I jump up and tug at the guiding riband. The Indian Lily and Other Stories Cut some turnips and carrots into ribands, and some onions and celery into lozenges or long diamond-shaped pieces. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches |
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